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DOJ weighing asking federal judge to break up Google as remedy
Bay Area Times
October 09, 2024
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Top stories today:
- DOJ weighing asking federal judge to break up Google as remedy
- Nobel prize in chemistry goes to 3 computer scientists
- Peter Todd accused by documentary of being BTC creator, he denies
- Musk’s X to return to Brazil as top court lifts ban
- OpenAI signs content deal with Hearst to widen ChatGPT’s knowledge
- Crypto.com sues SEC after receiving Wells notice
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1. DOJ weighing asking federal judge to break up Google as remedy
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DOJ “is considering behavioral and structural remedies” to restrict antitrust practices, the agency said in a court filing.
The plan is to prevent Google from using products like Chrome and Android to favor its offerings over competitors.
Making Google share its search data is also being considered.
Google may also be restricted in making investments in potential rivals, the DOJ filing suggested.
“Radical[,] with significant unintended consequences for consumers, businesses, and American competitiveness,” Google said.
2. Nobel prize in chemistry goes to computer scientists David Baker, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper
Baker developed the Rosetta algorithm for protein structure prediction.
Hassabis and Jumper are the CEO/co-founder and senior scientist at Google DeepMind, being responsible for the creation of AlphaFold, an AI model to predict protein structure.
Yesterday’s Nobel in physics also went to computer scientists.
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4. Peter Todd accused by HBO documentary of being BTC creator Satoshi, but Todd denies it
One evidence is a 2010 BitcoinTalk post replying to Satoshi that the documentary director believes was accidentally posted using Todd’s profile. Crypto media was quick to criticize this argument:
